This was our first session at the new venue. Some of our regular members visited which was really nice.

Lisa started with a quiz on Food and Drink which members found interesting and prompted discussions about food.

Richard then attended to do some Yoga with members. Richard introduced some bean bag catches which was great fun. The session then followed with Ronnie and his music entertainment and members were now up and dancing. In fact there were also a lot of interesting passers who wanted to join in. It was a successful first session.

Thank you to Mark my husband and one of the Trustees who helped with the session.

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Published: 16 July 2018

It’s been a hot couple of weeks and members who attended today were feeling wilted. The venue however is spacious and airy and this really helped.

Lisa started with a picture quiz which they enjoyed as it was not too hard. They were then given a word and asked to make as many 4 letter words as they could from the word I gave them. This was challenging as each table was competing.

One of the carers – Roopa, made some cakes as it was her special birthday last week. Members were very grateful for the variety of cakes.

Richard then came to do some yoga with members which was really enjoyable and the session then followed with Moshe. Even though it was hot, members still wanted to dance.

We had a new members today. David Graham from the Rotary brought his dad Tony who has dementia and he was also accompanied by the carer Nancy.

Thank you to our Rotarian volunteers – Valerie who is also one of our Trustees and Michael. Also thanks to our other volunteers, Gillian and Sandra, David Brill and of course Risom who is always so helpful.

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Published: 09 July 2018

Dementia Club UK organised a day out for 28 members to have a ride on a steam train through Epping Forest and also cream tea after at North Weald Airfield.

It was a very hot day but our Barnet Community Transport buses were nicely air conditioned. We were met by a tour guide who looked after us during the day and provided us with lots of history and information. Members were also very pleased to go and visit Greensted Church which is the oldest wooden church in the world which goes back to pre-Roman times.

There was also some free time and some went to a pub for some lunch and drinks. The cream tea at the Airfield was fantastic as the scones and cakes were all home-made and it was lovely to sit and watch aeroplanes take off and land.

Members had a very enjoyable day.

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Published: 07 July 2018

It was a very busy session as always. Lisa decorated the tables today with flowers and Union Jack flags. As it was the 4th July we celebrated Independence Day for our American cousins. We also celebrated the NHS's 70th birthday and also England doing well in football. In fact one of the members came to the session with a big England flag celebrating England’s football win yesterday with Colombia.

This was a special day and we also had some special visitors. We had Steve Hitchins- Chairman of Whittington Health who brought with him 3 Clinicians; Emma - Team lead occupational therapist for care of the elderly, Paula - clinical nurse specialist for elderly people, Becs- care for older people consultant. We also had Dr Tamara Djuretic - Barnet Council Director of Public Health. We also had Andy from Tovertafel.

Members were very pleased to see so many visitors.

Lisa started the session giving each table a picture quiz. It then followed with some singing to some favourite songs chosen by members. As members were having a bit of a problem with the quiz Lisa went through the picture quiz with members providing some clues and everyone was then able to get the answers.

The session then followed with Lisa doing some exercises with all the members sitting. Although it was very warm everyone really enjoyed doing the exercises.

It was now time for the Torvetafel and Andy was happy to take over and show members the different games especially the 2 new games - the beach and the steam train.

Everyone had such great fun especially our visitors. I would like to thank our volunteers Mark who helped set up the tables and chairs, our 2 students Karish and Eva, Melvyn, Dr Angela and her friend Melissa who is always so bubbly and engaging with members. I also like to thank our new volunteer David Brill. Also of course thank you to all our visitors today for attending our session.

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Published: 04 July 2018

A good session as always at the Synagogue. Members enjoyed a workout with Jane the new fitness instructor which they really enjoyed. The session the followed with James le Bec and this always motivates members to get up and dance and have lots of fun.

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Published: 02 July 2018